Thursday, October 8, 2026

Open-source version of Photoshop, Premiere, and Lightroom from ArtCraft

Software engineer Brandon Thomas has built and released an open-source, free alternative to Adobe’s Creative Cloud suite, including versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom (not Classic), Acrobat, After Effects, and InDesign. The apps live under the ArtCraft banner and are available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Get build from GitHub. Goto Releases section to download your free build

ArtCraft (github.com)




Example SPAM Email from HairOVesca with Subject Deal Alert: The Hair Routine I Wish I Tried Sooner


For the record, this is a 
HairOVesca spam email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "Deal Alert: The Hair Routine I Wish I Tried Sooner"

What to do?  Report them, go to bottom of page. 


From: My Hair Story<admin.74322@buyer-center.support>

Subject: Deal Alert: The Hair Routine I Wish I Tried Sooner







  

Spam Link

1. http://bjbrmxkkc.biz/xxxx


How to tell this is a Phishing email?

  1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
  2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the company's website then forget it.
  3. The best way is to look at message source, see below.

How to examine Email Message Source?

Now let's look at message source
  1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
  2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.
Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from source domain, like apple.com.

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Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

  1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
  2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing to Google

If you have received this email, take further action by

  1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

Report phishing for Web hosting companies (e.g., GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean) and ISPs

Anti‑Phishing Working Group (APWG) — forward to reportphishing@apwg.org

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Example SPAM Email from Savings Bank Mutual Life Insurance Co with Subject Affordable Term Life Insurance: Peace of Mind Starts Here


For the record, this is a 
Savings Bank Mutual Life Insurance Co spam email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "Affordable Term Life Insurance: Peace of Mind Starts Here"

What to do?  Report them, go to bottom of page. 


From: SBLI Ad Partner<alert@ebstretas.com>

Subject: Affordable Term Life Insurance: Peace of Mind Starts Here





  

Spam Link

1. https://ebstretas.com/u/d/xxxx


How to tell this is a Phishing email?

  1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
  2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the company's website then forget it.
  3. The best way is to look at message source, see below.

How to examine Email Message Source?

Now let's look at message source
  1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
  2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.
Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from source domain, like apple.com.

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Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

  1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
  2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing to Google

If you have received this email, take further action by

  1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

Report phishing for Web hosting companies (e.g., GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean) and ISPs

Anti‑Phishing Working Group (APWG) — forward to reportphishing@apwg.org

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